International Atomic Energy Agency

News about International Atomic Energy Agency, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 7, 2015

International inspectors from International Atomic Energy Agency are preparing to use new, and far more sophisticated, surveillance equipment to monitor Iran's nuclear infrastructure; Iran has often limited inspectors to older technologies, which has slowed inspection process and weakened its accuracy and efficiency. MORE

Jul. 5, 2015

International Atomic Energy Agency head Yukiya Amano says his agency could complete assessment on Iran's suspected past work given Iran's cooperation; expedited assessment would clear major obstacle to nuclear agreement and speed lifting of economic sanctions against Iran. MORE

Jun. 2, 2015

International Atomic Energy Agency reports increase of about 20 percent in Iran's stockpile of nuclear fuel, which could complicate ongoing negotiations on country's nuclear program. MORE

Feb. 20, 2015

International Atomic Energy Agency releases report charging that Iran continues to stonewall questions about evidence of past work on designing nuclear weapons; report comes as American and Iranian negotiators are set to meet for four days of talks in Geneva over country's nuclear program. MORE

Nov. 1, 2014

Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations nuclear inspection organization, declares that Iran has stopped answering questions about suspected past efforts to design components of a bomb; remarks come at moment when American negotiators say they see some signs of movement on the part of Iran toward a broad nuclear deal with United States. MORE

Sep. 6, 2014

Report by International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna finds that Iran has yet to meet two measures to assure Western powers that uranium was not for weapons, dimming prospects for an agreement over Iran's nuclear program. MORE

May. 24, 2014

International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran is turning over information on its detonators, but country insists they are for non-nuclear purposes; beginning of substantive discussion with agency suggests significant change in tactics in Tehran. MORE

Feb. 10, 2014

Iranian government commits to providing information on detonators for the first time as part of series of confidence-building measures with International Atomic Energy Agency; measures include additional inspections and clarifications on questions that IAEA had asked Iran for years. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

Iran agrees to cooperate with International Atomic Energy Agency investigation into its alleged work on nuclear weapons, but negotiations remain fragile. MORE

Dec. 10, 2013

United Nations says inspection team from its nuclear agency will visit Libya to assess the thousands of barrels of yellowcake uranium that reportedly are being stored at a former military site amid a 'precarious' security situation in the country. MORE

Dec. 8, 2013

Team of nuclear experts representing International Atomic Energy Agency arrive in Iran and will inspect Arak heavy-water production plant after years of being denied access. MORE

Nov. 29, 2013

International Atomic Energy Agency says Iran has invited its inspectors to visit a heavy-water production plant linked to the landmark accord it struck with world powers on its nuclear program; invitation is the first tangible step since the agreement was concluded. MORE

Oct. 30, 2013

Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency say that they held a productive two-day meeting in Vienna aimed at resolving questions on the disputed Iranian nuclear program and will reconvene their discussion in November in Tehran. MORE

Apr. 23, 2013

International Atomic Energy Agency says that Tokyo Electric Power Company, operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, should stop relying on stopgap measures and better prepare for the unexpected. MORE

Feb. 15, 2013

International Atomic Energy Agency says inconclusive talks with Iran led to inspectors not being given access to site that they suspect may have been used to test bomb triggers. MORE

Sep. 14, 2012

International Atomic Energy Agency passes a resolution rebuking Iran for defying demands to curb its uranium enrichment and failing to quell concerns about its suspected nuclear weapons research. MORE

Aug. 31, 2012

International Atomic Energy Agency reports Iran has expanded its nuclear capabilities despite harsh economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation, validating Israel's longstanding position; report's conclusions may force Israel to strike Iran or concede it is not prepared to act on its own. MORE

Aug. 31, 2012

International Atomic Energy Agency reports that Iran has installed three-quarters of the nuclear centrifuges it needs to complete a site deep underground for the production of nuclear fuel. MORE

Jun. 9, 2012

Impetus toward resolving the nuclear dispute with Iran slows further as senior inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency say they have made no gains in accessing restricted sites they suspect of being used to test potential triggers for nuclear warheads. MORE

May. 26, 2012

International Atomic Energy Agency report finds environmental samples from a uranium-enrichment plant in Iran to be at levels of purity higher than previously disclosed by Iranians; report suggests finding could be an innocuous aberration but is potentially significant because it moves Iran's uranium enrichment closer to bomb-grade purity. MORE

May. 22, 2012

Top officials from the International Atomic Energy Agency confer with senior Iranian officials during unusual one-day trip to Tehran; timing of meeting suggests that both sides could have news ahead of scheduled negotiations over Iran's disputed uranium enrichment. MORE

May. 21, 2012

International Atomic Energy Agency officials will meet with senior representatives of the Iranian government to resume talks on proposed inspection of Parchin, building they suspect Iran used in testing explosives that can trigger a nuclear blast; Iran denies charge, and so far has given the inspectors no access. MORE

May. 9, 2012

South Korean nuclear inspector is killed, and a Slovakian inspector is injured, after their car overturns near a nuclear site southwest of Tehran; men were both part of the mission to Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency. MORE

Mar. 14, 2012

Iran signals that it is unwilling to grant a request by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors for unfettered access to a restricted military complex that they suspect may house a chamber designed to test explosives used in atomic weapons triggers; refusal could complicate resumed talks between Iran and United Nations Security Council members. MORE

Feb. 22, 2012

United Nations Atomic Energy Agency reports that a visit by an inspection team to Iran has ended in failure, with Iranian authorities not only blocking access to a suspected nuclear test site, but also refusing to agree to a process for resolving questions about other aspects of its nuclear program. MORE

Feb. 2, 2012

International Atomic Energy Agency says its inspectors, who just completed a three-day visit to Iran, will return there in three weeks, signaling that both sides are seeking ways to defuse rising tensions over Iran's disputed nuclear program. MORE

Feb. 1, 2012

Iran describes talks with International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors in uncharacteristically gentle language, calling them 'constructive and positive'; conciliatory tone suggests that Iran is seeking to portray itself as flexible and accommodating to the inspectors, as it suffers from mounting Western sanctions over its nuclear program. MORE

Feb. 1, 2012

Fact-finding mission by the International Atomic Energy Agency tentatively supports new stress tests devised to determine whether Japan's nuclear plants can withstand another emergency, throwing its weight behind a government push to restart reactors idled in the wake of the disaster. MORE

Nov. 18, 2011

International Atomic Energy Agency head Yukiya Amano adds pressure on Tehran, saying that he wants to send a high-level mission to Iran to investigate a report issued by his agency that found that Iranian scientists had engaged in secret and possibly continuing efforts to construct a nuclear weapon. MORE

Nov. 10, 2011

Editorial holds new report from International Atomic Energy Agency leaves little doubt about Iran's nuclear ambitions; faults Russia and China for stalling on implementing sanctions already approved, and balking at further penalties. MORE

Nov. 9, 2011

Inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency say they have amassed trove of new evidence that makes credible case that Iran has carried out activities relevant to the development of a nuclear device; long-awaited findings have already rekindled a debate among Israel and Western allies about whether increased diplomatic pressure, sanctions, sabotage or military action should be used to stop program. MORE

Nov. 9, 2011

International Atomic Energy Agency report detailing what it calls credible evidence of Iran's continuing efforts to design a nuclear warhead and install it on a ballistic missile draws a muted response from the Obama administration; response reflects a reluctance to strike a war of words and a careful strategy to allow the agency's report to speak for itself in the hopes that it will intensify economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran. MORE

Nov. 7, 2011

News analysis; weapon inspectors at the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency will be releasing report that includes the strongest evidence yet that Iran has worked on sophisticated explosives technology primarily used to trigger a nuclear weapon; United States, aware of how intelligence failures in Iraq have undercut its credibility, has deliberately been silent on issue even as it continues to press for more international sanctions against Iran. MORE